have a great weekend.jacqui jeras will have a fresh look at things at about 10 minutes. >> that sounds great. we need a good end to the work week. river road, and reminder, that film crew out yesterday, there there again. that is where we have a lot of distractions. so far, not too much of a back up. they will be there all day. plan ahead, you may want to use glen road. we check the crash now on the shoulder virginia, 95 prior to the beltway. northbound lanes are open, but still slow past the ocoquan. >> 6:49. today at 4:00 p.m., do you believe in miracles? can extraordinary things happen to ordinary people? they bring you this year in miracles 30 inspirational stories. today at 4:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. it is 6:49 right now. 49 degrees in washington. >> coming up, a live round up of today's top stories. first, a quick check on the forecast. >> coming up here, mary attorneys on the wrong side of the law. accused of sexual assault his wife and major prosecutor. he will break down a bizarre case. right

we have great nonprofits this weekend. the crab cakes, soft crabs, fried snickers bars, you can find it. one last thing people coming in, tips on getting in the town. it's gated off. >> if you are coming in to town, we have parking on the outskirts as you are driving down root 50, you will see signs, park your car, grab a bus, they will take you to where you need to go, and back to your car when it's done. >> reporter: once you are in downtown, everything is walkable. kicking it off for the 42nd year, eastern shore tradition in easton, water foul festival. we will be back with more from the water foul festival straight ahead on abc2 news. one more shot here, good friend willow. give us a few more moves. it's good times down here. having trouble logging in to your twitter account? i know you are. >> if you did, blame the social network. there maybe long lines and rationing up north, gas prices are going down for us. today is one of the end of the worst weeks on record for the stock market. time is running out for congress t

thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> looks like a nice weekend. >> we will have a nice weekend >> we will have a nice weekend coming

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coming off such a huge weekend last weekend? > i don't think you are going to see much out of the two new releases. i think you are probably going to see there is going to be a battle at the top of the box office again. i think you might even see "skyfall" take the no. 1 position from "twilight" this weekend as it drops. but i think over the next couple of weeks you are going to see "skyfall" and "lincoln" kind of rule the box office until "the hobbit" comes out on the 14th. so you are going to see some tremendous numbers as we head toward a record-breaking year at the box office. > we will talk to you about "the hobbit" as soon as you screen it. > > yes we will. > good to have you on the show. that is erik childress, our movie guy. > > thank you. coming up, why one trader wants to fill his shopping cart with costco stock ahead of the holidays. chart talk is next. costco is the the latest company to share the wealth so to speak. let's bring in scott bauer of trading advantage. good morning to you. > > good morning angie. > so co

we'll come back and take the forecast for the weekend. >> good morning. a few problems to watch for. it down 95, reports of an accident past pulaski. two or lanes are closed just past 95. we will keep you posted. most of the west side running smoothly. so far so good on the north side for the parkville region. the rest of the major roads checking out ok at this hour. outer loop traffic moving without delay. at greenspring, problem free towards the j.f.x. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> leaders in washington try to figure out who knew what regarding david petraeus' sudden departure from the cia. >> we have the latest on the scandal. >> the sudden resignation by david petraeus leaves washington with more questions than answers. he quit over an extramarital affair. >> i do not know anybody that was not shocked by this. he was such a decent guy. this is one of those things where you knew there must be something there. >> the affair was reportedly with this woman, paula broadwell. >> this project started as might dissertation. >> investigators were

satellite radar shows a high pressure weekend. we will see cooler air into the weekend.. and by >> nice weather and nice full. we are just thinking that we just settle down after the banks giving meals. with more food and cocktails for the holidays. joining us this morning is celebrity chefs and author paul mccullough he was a finalist on the next food network start and just published his first cookbook. >> this weekend was entertaining so i thought we should keep it simple. there are reversible for appetizers and desserts. i love cheese. >> we have a cocktail to go with applewith that. this is a e mixture of flavors. what school is that you can use the right out of the box and you do not have to put them in the oven. if you have leftover turkey you can use this. there are held the pomegranates on top. these are letters that are flaky in their bag. they are less fat and very-- >> people are run around so they do need something like this to pull out of the box. staff >> not only that look how beautiful they look. >> this is a tip for people and i was just that miring beca

i've got your weekend forecast ready to go.ake another look at that raiders forecast as well. let's check your drive with mike. >> this is the bay bridge. the upper deck, look at that, a smooth drive. but that red stream, those are cars moving steadily and slowly across the upper deck in toward the tunnel at treasure island. the headlights of the lower deck moving much more smoothly. you see the same congestion westbound. we fluctuate because of the bursts of traffic but the metering lights keeping things moving smoothly. a note for berkeley, a football game tonight so you'll see some slowing there. watch the congestion, it's a 6:00 p.m. game so a lot of congestion starting in the afternoon. we'll get another look outside and see how things are shaping up across the san mateo bridge. the peninsula side, the approach off of 92 moves smoothly off of the high rise but look at that volume of traffic. getting onto 101, no slowing except for right at the connector. another live look outside. we'll end with this one for the north bay.

w this may turn into an epic weekend at the box office.ur movie man, erik childress, has the scoop. good to have you back on the show, erik. after a big blow-out weekend of bond, here it comes, the final "twilight" film, that is "breaking dawn part 2." > > thank god. > > which film prevails? > > "twilight" is definitely going to win the weekend. everyone has waited for this finale. everyone is going to flock to it. it's going to be number one at the box office. we can move on. > > let's talk about what happened with bond last weekend. record-breaking numbers here. > > we talked about last week that i thought this was going to be the biggest bond ever in the states. it's already at $100 million just in the u.s. it's over $530 million worldwide. it is already the eighth highest grossing film of the year worldwide, and there is no end in sight for it. > > what is playing into its success, and are there any kind of oscar lines being thrown around about it for the actors? > > there definitely are. i think a few of us that are very big fans of t

weekend in here. wyatt is here with the forecast. just a little sunshine would go a long way. >> reporter: yeah. we saw a fabrics of sunshine. we will see it a little throughout the weekend. but we have this chilly pattern. we may have a tough time getting out of the 40s sunday. >> oh, no. >> reporter: feeling like late november. temperatures in the low to mid- 40s. peak wind gust up around 20 to 25. that will bring the windshield factor. winds steady at 15. as a result it feels like the 30s. feeling pretty darn winter-like out there with 3 degrees above freezing for a windshield. into the 30s overnight. as we go toward midday tomorrow i think we will crack 50 degrees with some sun. we will talk about how things will shape up into the rest of the week, coming up. >>> we have all seen the video and pictures of the aftermath of hurricane sandy. from new jersey to new york city in the north to right here in maryland and garrett county. damage from wind, water and snow is causing huge problems and upsetti

just in time for the weekend. a three-day weekend at that.side, mostly cloudy but the sunshine is really starting to peek on through. skies are a lot cloudier to the north and east. out to the west skies are noticeably blur. there is the u.s. capitol building. 52 degrees in washington. winds have been fairly light out of the north all morning. they've gone calm now and gradually with time later this afternoon and overnight tonight winds will start to come back around to south and that spells a big warmup for your sunday. so 52 here in town right now. temperatures generally upper 40s to low and mid 50s area wide. 50 degrees in front royal and winchester. charlestown and inwood, west virginia mid to upper 40s. 50 degrees at the naval academy in annapolis. storm team 4 radar shows the last of the rain drops now way across parts of northern delaware. the delaware bay out into parts of southern new jersey. they're not coming our way. they will not be botheringus. a lot of stuff going on. warm air surging into the great lakes. gale warnings up and

the weekend, you can taste it. >> it's one of those weekends you want to get outdoors. as you know it's starting to cool down across the bay area. we'll see a mini heat wave and temperatures approaching records for this time of year. taking a live look at san jose, good morning to you. nice, clear conditions. we're expecting partly cloudy skies to start. definitely not expecting the fog that we had yesterday and that sun will be out just about all day long. increasing clouds toward the second half of the day. so for us this is what we're talking about. 45 degrees. it is cool out there. novato. 50 in sonoma. 54 in stinson beach. 46 in gilroy so 5 to 10 degrees cooler in some cities than this time yesterday. you can see that indicated by the very light blue, the contour levels definitely indicating a colder start. as we head throughout the day today, that area of low pressure swings to our north. high pressure is in control but we'll see a few showers sneak into the north bay. overall looking towards really comfortable conditions. for your friday, a little fog and drizzle

like the weekend. no major complaints or issues. as we get into probably one of the busiest travel weeks of the entire year, nothing big on the horizon. that is very, very important. a lot of people don't just get thanksgiving. a lot of people use the whole upcoming week as part of an early kick off to the holiday season. welcome to your weekend. a little on the chilly side. it is the middle of november after all so we can't complain too much about 38 degrees at least down at national airport but a clear sky out there. on the whole i think you're going to find the weekend very useable for outdoor activities. if you really need the sunshine get it done today. tomorrow we won't have quite as much sunshine as i expect on this fine afternoon. 38 degrees down at national airport right now but still in the chilly mid 20s across parts of the shenandoah valley into the panhandle of west virginia. 26 martinsburg and charlestown. frederick, maryland at 27 degrees right now and your hometown forecast in frederick

we will see cooler weather over the weekend. sunshine. we will keep it nice and quiet for election day. wednesday, the might be another storm we have to keep an eye on. let's have another look at the weather through the afternoon. this is in aldie. more sunshine, closer to that area of high pressure in western portions of the viewing area. if you feel cheated with the cloudy skies and not much sunshine, it will change every weekend. 51 right now in nanjemoy. 45 here in arlington. and the wind gusts close to 30 m.p.h.. @ disturbance going by earlier. another below average the. -- below average the. very chilly temperatures across the atlantic. look at this cool air. it will move the east and the stay in place for the next few days. so, we're going to look for highs in the lower 50's for the next few days. high-pressure building tonight and over the weekend. that will be nice. breezy at times. dry weather. cool weather. partly cloudy skies. more to the southwest. the storm center -- this is moving across the carolina's. that will force the

bond took over the box office this weekend. "skyfall", the 23rd installment in the 007 franchise scored the highest ever opening for a bond film. it was the fourth highest opening of the year. "lincoln" also fared well, making close to $1 million in just 11 theaters before its wide release this weekend. here's a fun fact for you. daniel day-lewis wouldn't even break character onset, leading people to believe that he actually thought he was abraham lincoln. >>> the mtv europe movie awards took place sunday night and it turns out our friends across the atlantic love some of the same people we do. taylor swift took home three awards. one direction picked up two wins. and then youtube sensation psy won best video for his megahit "gangnam style." that song is just everywhere. 634 million views on youtube. justin bieber was the biggest winner as he took home three trophies, including best world stage performer. speaking of the biebs, his awards last night weren't his biggest news this weekend. after weeks of speculation, justin biebe

we are on track for a gorgeous weekend. good morning, everybody.aron gilchrist. >> best news i've heard in a while. welcome to "news 4 today" this friday, november 9th, 2012. i'm eun yang. >>> breaking news. firefighters battle a fire at the watergate building on the 7700 block of virginia northwest. a balcony caught fire just after 2:00 this morning. it's not clear how the fire started, but flames and smoke could be seen coming from the roof of the building. we're told no one was hurt. firefighters are still investigating. >>> and police are searching for five teenagers who they believe shot a man on buena vista terrace southeast. the man is in critical condition. he was shot in the chest. at this point, police believe all five teenagers may be armed. officers also found a sweatshirt with a gun magazine in this near the scene. >>> and a pilot headed to dulles declares an emergency just before landing. united flight 662 was coming to washington from denver last night. a passenger disregarded landing instructions by praying in the aisle. military je

this happened in severn cisco this weekend. -- this happened in san francisco this weekend.petitors were judged on creativity and flight time. which was about a few seconds. >> a man was looking for the rightful owner of more than $25,000. he collects used magazines to make art. he say he will return the money to identify which books the money was then and the exact amount of cash which was between $20,000 and $30,000. >> 6:42. >> the veterans day parade is coming up later this morning. >> we will check the seven-day forecast. we have some rain to discuss. 42 at the airport. stay with us. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6;45. two people are awaiting charges following a fight outside of a flea market. the brawl broke out just after 1:00 p.m. sunday afternoon in dundalk. two people were hurt but refused treatment. fire officials are trying to determine what sparked a house fire in severn. smoke alarms alerted the members to the fire. all people got out safely. there was $350,000 damage to the home. the ravens beat the oakland raiders. torrey smith had two touchdowns. jacoby

hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. the next three days there will be changing weather in the west. we'll have a large storm impacting coastal areas. for today, no problems whatsoever. everyone's travels look fairly safe. as we go into tuesday, more of the same. we will see clouds increasing along coastal areas. it's not until wednesday that we'll increase the rain. this has a chance of giving rain everywhere up and down the coast e specially northern california. that's something to not look forward to. >> a good way of putting it. >>> well, if you weren't shopping, chances are you were going to the movies. over $206 million was brought in over the three-day weekend setting a new thanksgiving record. "breaking dawn: part 2" won again with $43 million, while "skyfall" stayed strong. "lincoln" actually improved 19%. another one we want to see. >>> on friday, the entertainment world lost tv star larry hagman, best known as his role as the villain on "dallas." his co-stars expressed their sadness, with patrick duffy saying

no bye week for the redskins this weekend. she's also talking about some maryland basketball. >>> this is the verizon 4g lte sports desk with lindsay murphy. >> the maryland basketball team wrapped up the barclays center classic tonight as they hosted liu brooklyn. let's say the terps might have had the height advantage, six players over 6' 7, liu brooklyn just one. that was of the difference in this one. mark turgeon in his second season at maryland. early in the game the terps off and running after a brooklyn miss. if it is dez well -- it is dez wells who finishes it off. terps now struggling thanks to 15 turnovers. garner misses. thompson does not. brooklyn within three. however, they were down nine at the half. 2nd half james padgett and alex len the s.w.a.t. team. his reward? the slam down the lane, the pullup for show. he finishes with 18. the terps with a 15-point lead and control the game the rest of the way. off the turnover here the freshman seth allen alone for the flush. he would score a team high 19. the terps imp

the weekend, probably not record-setting. 78 degrees in 1994. we're talking 60, near 70 degrees in spots. some showers, even some rolling thunder through northern ohio. that warm front may have a little bit of rain as it passes through pennsylvania and areas to our north tomorrow morning. we will be on the south side of the warm front tomorrow and it will be mild. in oakland -- 50 in downtown baltimore. 39 degrees at wrigley. with clear skies and calm winds, the chill will set in overnight. as soon as the sun comes up, the wind starts turning to the south. you can see the mild air sitting to the south and southwest of us. these were actual temperatures. 72 degrees in st. louis. 60 degrees in cincinnati. high pressure moves through and keeps the skies sunday. there may be some clouds in the morning. showers headed for new england, drawing in the warmer air. the nice weather will last until monday at least. tomorrow, morning clouds, afternoon sun, mild temperatures. picture-perfect november weather here. on monday, we will see the showers start pr

>>> it has been a pleasant holiday weekend weatherwise. we will see clouds rolling in and patchy fog. coast bay and inland, the temperatures will stay in the 40s, low to upper 40s along the coast and bay. by tomorrow, we will see highs in the 60s, once again, low to upper 60s in some of the inland spots and plenty of sunshine. the temperatures maybe a couple of degrees cooler than what we saw today. it is going to stay dry. if you have travel plans tomorrow, it looks like high pressure is staying in effect. that is a look at our sat height radar. like id we got big changes heading our way. middle of the workweek. time it out with future cast. tuesday, it will be our transitional day, a few clouds roll in. then, in the overnight hours, tuesday, into wednesday morning, just in time for thed with morning commute you can see rain, moderate rain,a made, a cross the bay area -- rain, a ahead across the bay area, we have rain making it it a wet stretch. we have several days of moderate rains. a lot of 40s around the bay area. 43 in concord. it lo

the weekend forecast is the best news of the day.ough we will stay a little cooler, we will see little more sunshine and we will get an extra hour of sleep. so that's good. now to traffic with steve hershorn. >> there was a report of a vehicle fire in manassas, eastbound 66 near business 234. turned out to be a truck that had the brics smoking. looks like the fire is out and it's on the side. -- brakes smoking. onlookers looking at that. 270 at 118, not bad. looks pretty good to lane divide. back to you. >> thank you. coming up, facebook changing its time line again. >> it happens all the time. the latest changes. >> why an international airline turns to how best to teach passengers about safety. -- hobbits. >> d.c. united had to shuffle their schedule because of sandy. we will talk with their team president about the changes. >> and we will talk about what to expect from the presidential candidates in this vfinal week before the election. police asking for help in finding a missing teenager from rockville, a 15-year-old last thing o

the way to the weekend. today, a mixture of sunshine and clouds. slight chance for a couple of sprinkles. sunset at four minutes after 6:00. when you wake up tomorrow morning, there will probably be some frost out there. seven-day forecast, quite chilly. before you could bet on saturday night, set your clocks back one hour before -- you go to bed on saturday night, said clocks back one hour. on election day, a storm will come up the coast and we will see rain on tuesday night and wednesday, but most of tuesday should be dry. there might be even a little snow mixed in. >> in the "medical alert," scientists are learning more about how little time it takes for second-hand smoke to be harmful. researchers exposed 15 healthy people to concentrated smoke levels and found that their breeding was -- breathing was impaired after just 20 minutes, and afterwards they showed their resistance even when not reporting discomfort during the past. it is that time of year when you hear coughs and sniffles of your little ones,

we can keep it mostly dry for those football games next weekend. terps are in town and so are the skins. >>> okay, and let's hope for wins. you say you've been thinking about taking up yoga. thousands of taiwanese gathered for a mass yoga session this weekend. 7,400 people attended the event which attracted yoga lovers from around the country. the hour long session kicked off with a round of meditation. the participants ranged in age from young adults to 80-year- olds. >>> baltimore ravens linebacker ray lewis made an unusual appearance this weekend. lewis has been sidelined from the team from an injury but that didn't stop him from hosting a one night only exhibit of his photography. lewis turned a collection of photographs taken from his boca raton, florida, home into an exhibit at maryland art place. photography may be a hobby to a lot of people but lewis is not a novice at this. >> for me, this is now ten years of photography. it's the total opposite of my every day world. my everyday world is real out. >> we're thrilled to have ray here. he's

it's almost the weekend. the weekend before thanksgiving already. we'll focus on that and let you know if we have any rain in the forecast. scott, what is coming up in sports? >> the wizards shuffled the roster today. who is gone and the familiar name back with the squad and what is up with the redskins recent roven trouble with rookie quarterbacks. can they reverse course this sunday? the game's way in ahead in the sports edge. >> and if you have a story idea, call us or shoot us an e- mail.  . >>> it's a murder case that shocked the bowie state university. the jury deciding the fate of alexis simpson, accused of killing her roommate dominique frazier in september of last year. she said she never meant to harm frazier and acted in self- defense. they got into a fight about music. >>> washington redskins headcoach shanahan got robbed. his money and passport were stolen in the locker room. -- from the locker room. not sure when he realized the items went missing. a police report is filed. the pittsburgh police are investigat

we'll have sun for the weekend and more on that weekend forecast during 9news now at 5:00. right now over to monika with timesaver traffic. >>> and here's what it looks like on the beltway in bethesda at bradley boulevard. no problems between basically 270 this area, and down toward the american legion bridge in tysons corner on the west side. mike? >>> thanks. we've seen amazing images from sandy. hurricane sandy over the past few days. now there's a new angle. check this out. this is the time lapse of the entire storm all in a minute. if you watch you can see the bands of rain and the water and the level of the water rising in the river there. and then once it gets dark, the lights go out. >>> did your parents ever tell you to close the front door when the ac was running? the d.c. council is considering a bill which would be similar to that demand. it would actually fine certain businesses which prop their doors open when the air conditioner was running. office buildings and big stores would be slapped with $100 fine the first time and after that, the fines would double e

and we will be a little bit above average this weekend. temperatures will be above 70 this weekend. and then it will drop a little bit on monday. i will be tell that, but first a little bit of a time lapse. get this -- 5:59 -- i mean four- o'clock 50 9:00 p.m., one minute before 5:00 p.m., the sun sets. today is the first day the sun sets before 5:00 p.m.. western alleghany county -- notice in particular the upper right hand of your screen. look at that snowpack. sorry, the snow gets me excited. this is an interesting thing i have for you. a different aspect of it. this is the latest satellite imagery. look here, western virginia, western maryland. that whites -- that is not cloud cover. that is the snow pack. still visible from the backside of sandy as it moves through. especially in garrett county in western maryland. 55 right now at reagan national. wind out of the north at 14 miles per hour. not quite as dusty as yesterday but you still do noticed the wind -- not quite as dusty as yesterday, but you still do notice the wind. the errors are indicating the direction of the wind ou

we will get into the mid-60s by the second half of this veterans day weekend.our by hour, 40 chilly when you wake up 7:00 a.m. then midday, into the upper 50s. talk about all the weather through veterans day and beyond it is coming up. >> all new at 11, you may not recognize his face but he was a powerful man in one of the area's best known companies. he resigned from lock heed martin the board asked him to do it after learning he had a relationship with a subordinate. he was expected to be named ceo. >>> new information about the extramarital affair that forced the head of central intelligence agency to quit. it was uncovered during an fbi investigation. it is not clear what they were investigating. former patreus resigned abruptly from the cia he said the affair showed poor judgment. the retired four star general spoke about his wife holly in 2011. >> thanks to my wife, not only for 37 years of great marriage and support, i've mentioned my retirement ceremony she was described as being bright attractive, hard working and a pit bull and great to have her in my

we've had it all weekend long on and off. we're getting heavy lake effect now trying to shift down towards oswego, new york and trying to sink into the syracuse area. just be careful driving on the throughway and also northern portions interstate 81. late today as we get moisture returning from the gulf, a little bit of warmer air. we may get a few strong thunderstorms here in northern louisiana down through areas of east texas. just north of houston. the threat of large hail and a little buiit of wind damage. at least one nice day today in the southeast. a little chilly in the northeast. lynn, it looks like that storm that's going to affect areas of the deep south could bring a little bit of rain and snow to some areas of the northeast throughout your tuesday. i'll tell you who can expect a little bit of snowfall a little later. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> well, evidence overlooked in the casey anthony murder trial. and an alleged shoplifter dies in the hands of walmart workers. >>> tumbling into the record books. she looks

we hope you have a great weekend. you certainly did he serve it after a weak like this where sandy came and hung out for awhile. >> a long while. >> good riddance. >> wusa9.com is always on.

have a great weekend. >> you, as well. thanks for stopping by. >> i don't want to be the bad guy anymore. >> the video game worldcoms to life. for decades, ralph has been overshadowed by the good guy. he leaves his game and decides he has what it takes to be the hero. jane lynch stars in this. it's rated pg-13. >> denzel washington's world is turned upside down in the movie "flight." after saving almost everyone on board, he's hailed as a hero. as more details come out, we discover what really happened on that plane. john goodman also star in this thriller. "flight" is rated "r." >>> a lighter tame on the vampire genre. partying every night, but when one of them falls in love with a vampire hunter, they realize their destinies are at stake. it's rated pg-13. the time is 11:48. coming up, what would you do if you were president? >>> check on the weekend forecast. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> the race for president tops the mcfly report. tommy mcfly is here with more. good morning. >> hey, how are

all the way to next weekend. gale watch posted along the post. mallicoat. >> and i'm michelle griego. time is just about 6:00. well, if you're heading out on the road and commuting into work, be aware that the view through your windshield is going to be a fogged up. >> that's right because heavy fog is causing poor visibility in the bay area. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is near the bay bridge to look at conditions there. you've been showing fog all morning is it still around. >> it is and it's coming down in a drizzle. i'm on the embarcadero and that is the bay bridge. might need to take my word for it. this thick fog is all around the bay right now on the golden gate bridge and on a lot of the local highways so it is a morning that you're going to want to

it was a busy weekend, especially here in ohio. all four candidates showing up here in various parts of ohio over the weekend. it is becoming very clear that all roads lead through ohio in this important presidential race. let's start with the president who is right here in cincinnati last night where he talked about governor romney and that six-point lead that he has as of now in our poll over governor romney, saying the reason he's not doing very well in ohio is because he opposed the auto industry. a lot of those workers were based here in ohio. governor romney was also in ohio over the weekend up in cleveland, but where he got a lot of attention was in pennsylvania. this was his first and last stop during the general election in pennsylvania. it's sort of a new strategy for the romney campaign to go after pennsylvania. they have voted democratic for the last 20 years, but now late in the game, romney's team seems to think that they can win pennsylvania, and they are putting a lot of focus over the weekend, they did, into pennsy

nearly 2/3 of us went shopping over the weekend either in person or online, spending more than $400 a piece. president obama was among those observing small business saturday, visiting a bookstore in northern virginia many other shoppers chose the more relaxed independent stores if you buy all the gifts of 12 days of christmas song it will cost more than $107,000 this year, 6% more than last year. partridge and pear tree, just $15. twilight saga picking up another 64 million dollars during the long >>> a plane on its way from no to orange county crashed sunday and good samaritans pull the couple to safety. the crash happened near the cal-state university northridge campus the pilot on his way to john wayne airport radioed he was having engine problems the plane careened into a fence flipped and landed on a the man and woman inside escaped serious injury. nobody on the ground was hurt. >>> it has been a violent holiday weekend in oakland police investigating four murders, two women were shot to death yesterday morning found on the sidewalk not far from brookdale park police got several

the weekend is here. after a wet week, -- >> warm up ahead and time to fall back, right? >> we always remember that. extra hour of sleep. 5:16 from vollmer peak towards emeryville, san francisco to the west where high clouds are starting to come in now. watch out for fog in the north bay and east bay valleys, high clouds on live doppler 7 hd, no rain, we are not going to get any clouds are too high and don't have enough moisture next chance of rain well that next week. mid to upper 40s santa rosa, napa, fairfield, concord, redwood city, half moon bay, los gatos everybody else in the low to mid 50s monterey bay and low to mid sieve -- -- low to mid 50s. temperatures keep falling all of us will be in the 40s at some point during the morning. by the afternoon, high clouds and sun today, brighter and warmer weekend, record highs next week. right now, high pressure moved in pushing the storm track north next system bulk of it well north of us getting the blow off of the high clouds from that system as high pressure steers north it gets close, look how close the rain gets to th

. >> we deserve a nice weekend. the pressure is on. the forecast as 11 news continues right now. >> live, local, late breaking, this is 11 news today at 6:00. >> to live for joining us. >> will we ever see the sun again? >> we get a peak of it yesterday. it is not the best forecast for the weekend, but we do not have any big storms to talk about. it will be a little on the chilly side. a few clouds hanging out at the airport, 42 degrees. there could be a sprinkle or light rain shower passing by this morning. nothing of consequence. the high temperature of only 54 degrees. when we come back at center a few minutes, we will look at the seven-day forecast. first we will say hello to sarah. >> let's bring you up-to-date on some closures this morning due to water main breaks. here is one on pulaski highway at the haten memorial bridge. westbound lanes are closed. you may want to avoid it altogether and take 95 as an alternate. watch for closures along york road and cold spring due to water main breaks from yesterday. wilkens avenue closed f

by the weekend. the governor of new york and new jersey say homeowners will get a break on their insurance deductibles because sandy was not classified as a hurricane when it hit. >>> not much damage on the route for the new york marathon though. so mayor michael bloomberg has decided to go ahead with the race on sunday. there's a lot of criticism about that decision. it goes through all five boroughs. but the mayor says the race will be a big financial boost for the city and show's new york's resilience. we shall see. >>> so we're asking this morning, should the new york city marathon go on as planned? you can comment on facebook or twitter, or email us at mornings@cbs5.com her to end t th penalty in california. hows >>> one big issue on the ballot, whether to end the death penalty in california. a new field poll shows proposition 34 is gaining support. 45% of california voters support the measure that would make life in prison without parole the most severe punishment for state offenders. 38% oppos

friday weekend.up from 132 million last year. total spending up to 59.1 billion to 54.4 a year ago. average holiday shopper spending $434 over the weekend. sales on black friday fell 1.8% from the same day a year ago setting the stage for today known as cyber-monday. american shoppers will spend 1.5 billion online today up from 1.25 billion a year ago. the papers have it. "usa today" retailers hail. journal early sales pay off for now. success? >> yes. unmitigated. i think that people don't understand. this country is a rich country. it always surprises us in spending. i was listening to someone on our network last week saying didn't we have -- we had growth in the country. we have growth every year. that's not true. we've not had tremendous household formation in this country. these numbers at the beginning of more household formation which has been in a cyclical and now turns out not secular decline because of housing. this is a housing is good number and i like it. >> we should point out of course

. >>> well, congested this weekend by the holiday shoppers. they were heading for the mall or the main street businesses. that's $3 million more than last year with an explosion of shoppers using the mobile devices to find the best deals, nearly double that of last year. >> that adds up to about $59 billion in spending this year compared to $52 billion last year. >> of course, even more shopping tomorrow on cyber monday, expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row. they are expected to point and click their way to $1.5 billion in spending tomorrow. up from a quarter billion last year. in 2010, cyber monday, they surpassed that $1 billion mark for the first time. it noticed a big spike of the online sale watch out for bogus websites that they offer to steal your personal information. a survey finds that more than ever, they will offer cyber monday deals, aiming for the $72 million that will do some holiday shopping from the office this year. when shopping online, confirm a website is secure before ente

plus the outbreak on the violent protest in egypt over the weekend.uous cease-fire between israel and hamas appears to be

enjoy this weekend now. for those of you waiting for the cold, youd can enjoy day's i've, six and seven. a lot of you asking about snow and our winter forecast, i've got to tell you, it's pretty interesting. >> okay. weekend sounds great, though. >> we've got sports coming up. one of the guys who was critical to the national's playoff run has made a decision about >>> sports and good news about the nats, right? >> that's right. national's news in november citing unfinished business. johnson agreed to coach the nationals next year. he agreed to a one-year deal. march stur john and the terps opening up the college basketball season gensz the kentucky wildcats. pick it up, second half. alex finds the duck, 23 for len, terps up one. kentucky comes right back with the bucket and charles mitchell back. kentucky makes a push and comes up big with the rebound and the put back. wildcats take the one-point lead. how ard trying to make something happen. can you believe how close it was? 72-69, maryland loses a heartbre

this weekend is shaping up to nice one. >> it is looking good for the weekend. we are running into more gray skies this weekend. temperatures are looking cool, remain cool. let's go to the map. a great look at the sun rise over damascus this morning. significant cloud cover earlier. now, a beautiful midday and afternoon on talk. 46 in winchester. 47 in austin hill. struggling to hit 50 degrees. we will. we will be in the low to mid the highs. sunshine for the rest of the afternoon. cool and sunny throughout much of the united states. is 56 and sunny. seattle and san francisco have a chance of showers. have the weekend forecast coming up. if you have checked social heard the probably out of is going business. they are following through on liquidate in bankruptcy court. this means more than 18,000 lose their jobs. comes after workers refused to return to work. that means the end of the twinkies andmakes wonder bread. the shelf life of twinkies is four years.t are stocking up. >> 33 factories have been suspended. willompany says stores open for several days to sell

we hope you had a great holiday weekend. perhaps you were one of the millions who dared to head to the mall. the pictures from all over the country. so are the numbers tonight. and first, the crowds, customers crushing their way into victoria's secret here, this one in tulsa, all to get a gift bag. this one for the discount dvds in a san diego walmart. and a lone customer celebrating victory after finding what he was looking for at a best buy. economists cheering as well. take a look at the record-breaking numbers. 247 million shoppers in the stores and websites in the past four days. shoppers spending an average of $423 per person. an all time high $59 million spend over the thanksgiving holiday. tonight, john schriffen with the pictures that help explain why so many records have now been shattered. >> reporter: from georgia to oklahoma, to california. the deep discounts this holiday weekend brought out the worst in some shoppers across the country. but for retailers who jump-started the shopping season early on thanksgivin

with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you. i love you, too. >>> oh. at the top of the show, we asked, why are you awake? why? what would you be thinking? producer john tower has your answers. john. >> i've got two here, mika. i'm awake to see joe complaining about the cold again without socks on. and cal writes, please get mika a very large cup of strong starbucks immediately. i always look forward to a feisty morning, but she looks like she's ready to go back to sleep this morning. >> i'll work on it. i've got a couple of shots in here. also, any others, john? that's it? that's it? shots of what? >> shots of what? >> oh, i'm awake now. dan, get the pictures ready. all right, "morning joe" star

so the weekend word is chilly. but at least it's going to be dry and we won't have to deal with any more crazy weather at least for a little while. a little chance to exhale. back to you. >> we want that, chuck. thanks. >> it's been a long week for people throughout the northeast after hurricane sandy. today president obama is expected to meet with top aides and lawmakers to monitor the government's response to the storm. afterwards homeland security and fema directors will visit storm damaged communities. meantime the storm is now blamed for 109 deaths in the u.s. as people continue to clean up mayor bloomberg canceled tomorrow's new york city marathon. people were outraged this week when bloomberg said the race would boost the economy and inspire the city to move on after the storm. now, though, the race that brings 40,000 runners to the street is off. much of the marathon would have gone through some of the hardest hit areas and the race would have closed roads and bridges at a time when transportation is alread

more to the weekend. full seven day forecast when we return. >>> we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. and here are some of my thursday favorites, a kill is in the air, we're ready for thanksgiving. and so is gild city. they have the deal with robinson's prime reserve. $99 gets awe 13 to 15-pound amish turkey normal price here? $121. >>> deck out the bathroom with some new furniture from target.com. the new lynnwood bath collection on sales today and prices range from -- down almost $30 apiece. plus, you're getting free shipping. >>> and get some quality sound in your ride. best buy has a daily deal. $99 for a pioneer ipod ready in dash cd dash and speakers. this is a complete car audio package. saving you $100 and you're getting free shipping. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. >>> well, a few years ago d

your weekend finally here. and oh, boy. we've got good news for you out of the weather department today. off to a chilly start this morning. plenty of 30s on the map. 40s alongside of the chesapeake bay. upper 30s inside the washington area. but 30 in manassas this morning and 32 in martinsburg, west virginia. a couple rain drops to the west of i-81. 99% of those are going to dry up before they come east of the mountains. we will see an extra little bit of cloud cover in the front half of the day because of the little dying impulse of rain shower. we'll call it morning clouds. temperatures climbing to the mid and upper 40s by later this morning. more sunshine by later this afternoon. a beauty of a day today. up to around 63, 64 degrees. that sounds positive doesn't it? >> it sure does to us. >> sounds great. >> expectations have been met. >> okay. thanks. >>> in the news the beltway is still reeling after cia director david patraeus resigned because he had an extra marital affair. nbc's chris clackum has more on the retired

your week weekend in view. more warming for monday and tuesday. >>> ed lee set aside time today to have fun on market street. [music] >> he joined public works on market and powell today for a lively game of peupg pong. part of the better market street -- ping-pong. part of the better market street. it stretches to the embarcadero. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. tonight, a surprise at gas pump and we are live at san francisco at the parade underway right now. we are always here for you at n tv36

so, good weekend. we'll talk more about it in just a couple of minutes. >> all right. >>> coming up on new 4z, why prosecutors have dropped the charges against a former syracuse basketball coach accused of child sex abuse. >>> i'm liz crenshah. are ingredients always listed in greatest amount to least amount on a label? the answer what are you doing there? i am making crescent bacon cheddar pinwheels. wow, i'm impressed! [ ding ] dad, the cable's out! you got that right? [ kiss ] thank you ♪ [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. >>> why do some cranberry juices also contain grape juice? are ingredients always listed in most important and how do you reduce your heating bill? it's friday, it's time to "ask liz." >> maybe we doeb have to do the heating bill this weekend, veronica said it